Professor Dr. Irene Ring
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Head of the Chair
NameProf. Dr. rer. pol. Irene Ring
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curriculum vitae
| since 8/2016 |
Chair of Ecosystem Services at the International Institute (IHI) Zittau, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 2011 - 2016 | Private lecturer at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Leipzig |
| 2011 |
Habilitation at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Leipzig on "Economic Instruments for Conservation Policies in Federal Systems" |
| 2009 - 2016 | Lecturer at the University of Bayreuth |
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WS 2008/09 |
Visiting Professor for "Ecological Services" at the University of Bayreuth, Master Programme Global Change Ecology, Elite Network of Bavaria |
| 2004 - 2016 |
Deputy Head, Department of Economics, UFZ |
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2002 - 2015 |
Head of the Working Group "Conservation of Nature and Biodiversity" |
| 1994 - 2011 | Lecturer at the University of Leipzig |
| 1992 - 2016 |
Researcher, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig |
| 1993 | Ph.D. in Economics, University of Bayreuth. Dissertation topic: Opportunities and limits of market-based environmental policy from the ecological point of view. |
| 1989 - 1992 |
Ph.D. student at the Institute for European Environmental Policy, Bonn, Germany |
| 1983 - 1989 |
Studies in Geoecology and Environmental Sciences at the University of Bayreuth, Germany and the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK |
| 1981 - 1983 |
Industrial apprenticeship at Siemens AG, Munich, Germany |
Memberships and committees
| 2015 to date | German MAB National Committee |
| 2015 - 2021 | Member of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) |
| 2015 - 2021 | Editor of the Journal Ecological Economics |
| 2015 - 2016 | Member of the Scientific Board of the Progressive Economy Initiative |
| 2013 to 2018 | President of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) |
| 2012 to date | Subject editor of the journal Nature Conservation |
| 2010 to 2018 | Member of the Board of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) |
| 2005 - 2014 | National Scientific Committee of DIVERSITAS Germany |
| 2000 - 2008 | Committee on Sciences of the German UNESCO-Commission |
| 1996 to date | Founding Member of the European Society for Ecological Economics |
| 1996 to date | German Speaking Association for Ecological Economics |
| 1994 to date | The International Society for Ecological Economics |
| 1987 to date | Association for Geoecology in Germany |
Teaching Experiences
Lectures and seminars at IHI Zittau, TU Dresden
- Ecosystem Services - Concepts and Developments
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Governance
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Ecological Economics
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Ecosystem Services: Case Studies
- Biodiversity Management and Sustainability
Lectures and seminars at the University of Bayreuth
- The Economics of Global Environmental Change
- Ecological Services
- Socio-economic Drivers
- Environmental Economics/Biodiversity Economics
- The Economics of Climate Change
Lectures and seminars at the University of Leipzig
- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Governance
- Public Finances
- Financing Public Ecological Functions
- Economics of Nature Conservation
- Economic Instruments in Environmental Policy
- Emissions Trading
- Sustainable Development
Interdisciplinary lecture at Leipzig University in 2000 on
- Natural Resources Conservation and Economic Development
Guest lectures since 1994 on various topics at New University of Lisbon, Portugal, CSERGE, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA, Leipzig University, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Braunschweig University